Ran Ma

Ran Ma is the CEO and co-founder of Siren. She is a biomedical engineer from Johns Hopkins, and at Northwestern she worked at the department of plastic surgery on a project to create a biomask to regenerate the human face for burn victims and war veterans. She founded Siren, where they embed small electronics directly into fabric to make machine-washable fabric. Their first product is Siren Socks, which help people with diabetes and neuropathy avoid foot ulcers and amputations. Over 100,000 legs are lost to diabetes each year in the US and this costs the healthcare system over $80bn/year. Their latest study shows a 68% reduction in ulcers and 82% fewer amputations. Leveraging the success of this study, they have an expanded follow-up study with 350+ patients in progress, the largest study of its kind to date. Siren Socks are covered by Medicare and Siren is now working on a partnership with the VA and is launching a pilot soon with one of the largest IDNs in the country. They are also partnering with multiple large regional and national payers and are in talks with strategic partners that are looking to expand their product lines beyond traditional episodic care.